by The Editor | Sep 3, 2017 | Politics
As we are all consumers of the media in Scotland we are all aware of the incessant hostility in the British media to the SNP and the independence movement. What we are perhaps not fully aware of is how this is affecting us subconsciously. Have you ever wondered why...
by The Editor | Sep 3, 2017 | Politics
I little while ago in replying to one of the comments on the blog I noted that I preferred Alex Salmond as leader of the SNP over Nicola Sturgeon, not that I have a say as I am not a member of the party, and it is not taking anything away from the First Minister who...
by The Editor | Sep 3, 2017 | Politics
Those not very bright posh boys and girls in charge of the Tories’ new youth movement ‘Activate‘ have shown yet again how a privileged background doesn’t necessarily add up to intelligence. After Activate members were caught out chatting to each other about “gassing...
by The Editor | Sep 3, 2017 | Politics
When the Scottish Government announced that the newly devolved training schemes they will be running in place of the dreaded Work Programme will not be mandatory, all of us familiar with the impact of sanctions heaved a collective sigh of relief. So it was with an...
by The Editor | Sep 3, 2017 | Politics
Whatever his other qualities, Iain Macwhirter is a journalist in the British tradition. Hence his tendency to echo the cosy consensus of the London-based media. And his dutiful adherence to another facet of the British journalistic tradition, the prompt rehabilitation...
